Live Auction 19024The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue
A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN HALL LANTERN
Lot 256

A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN HALL LANTERN

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed27 January 2021

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USD 15,000–25,000

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A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN HALL LANTERN
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of pentagonal form and with glazed panels within trailing blossoming garlands surmounted by fruiting finials and enclosing a foliate-cast sinuous three-light candelabra, fitted for electricity
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) diameter

Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957).
Confiscated from the above by the Nazi authorities following their occupation of Paris after May 1940 (List No. 52, inv. No. 2521).
Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926-1997), according to the AR Invest invoice when purchased in 1986, possibly from the Château d’Armainvilliers, which had been sold in 1980.
Acquired from AR Invest, London, January, 1986.